I love classic Universal Horror and Warner Bros. gangster pictures, and with Batman, Bob Kane and Bill Finger basically fused these two film genres together into another medium and turned them into something new and great.
I don't care too much for most of the later 60's, 70's and 80's interpretations. For me, the definitive Batman character is found in those early stories from 1939/1940, the 1989 film, and the original Bruce Timm animated series. Alot of that has to do with the vintage/pulp feel. I love the idea of Batman, or "The Bat-Man" being this brutal, lone vigilante in 1930's and early 40's, amidst a gothic/art-deco setting taking on classically-inspired monsters and madmen.
Batman Begins was a good movie, and my second favorite live-action film, but I feel the pulpy atmosphere that made the early comics so great is pretty much gone.
I don't care too much for most of the later 60's, 70's and 80's interpretations. For me, the definitive Batman character is found in those early stories from 1939/1940, the 1989 film, and the original Bruce Timm animated series. Alot of that has to do with the vintage/pulp feel. I love the idea of Batman, or "The Bat-Man" being this brutal, lone vigilante in 1930's and early 40's, amidst a gothic/art-deco setting taking on classically-inspired monsters and madmen.
Batman Begins was a good movie, and my second favorite live-action film, but I feel the pulpy atmosphere that made the early comics so great is pretty much gone.
